The city adopts the Illinois municipal budget law, 50 Illinois Compiled Statutes 330 et seq., as its method of budget and appropriation for fiscal year 1999 to 2000 and subsequent years.
A. The city shall, within or before the first quarter of each year, adopt a combined budget and appropriation ordinance, by which ordinance the city may appropriate such sum or sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of the city, and in such annual budget and appropriation ordinance shall specify the objects and purposes for which such appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for each object or purpose, and such other information as 50 Illinois Compiled Statutes 330 et seq., may require. (Ord. 98.82, 4-19-1999)
B. The city hereby establishes a department of commerce and community affairs and appoints the city manager, or his designee, as the department head, with such staff as may be approved by the city in its personnel ordinance. (Ord. 98.82, 4-19-1999; amd. Ord. 2002.95, 4-21-2003)